- Energy secretary Granholm pushes for electrification of military vehicles.
- U.K. auto parts manufacturer considers a move to the U. S.—for the subsidies!
- New York Times wants more generators (fueled with natural gas) because climate change increases electric outages. (No, not the Babylon Bee.)
- Industry lobbying for state bottle bills (i.e., “container deposit” bills—consumer pays) accelerates.
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What’s This Chevron Precedent and Why Does It Matter?
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case (Loper Bright Enterprises et. al vs. Raimondo) that will revisit a past Supreme Court decision known as the “Chevron precedent.” If the Court overturns or modifies that precedent, it would weaken agencies’ power to regulate. A group of New Jersey fishing companies has sued the…
Appellate Court Throws Out Berkeley Ban on Gas Hookups, But Activists See Workarounds
On April 17, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the ban by Berkeley, California, on using natural gas in new construction. The court decided that the 1975 federal Energy and Conservation Act Law (EPCA) preempts local regulation of natural gas, Jonathan Adler in the Volokh Conspiracy said. Adler quoted the leading judge’s opinion: “By…
Thursday’s Links
- Cold weather causes many more deaths than hot weather does but you’d never know it from WHO or the Economist.
- Portland to spend $2 million to block off 16 blocks downtown for a zero-emission delivery zone (no gas-fired delivery vehicles allowed).
- Energy Dept. offering $3 billion to investors if they sell solar panels to people with low credit scores (or, in the case of Puerto Rico, rickety electric grids). (Behind a paywall).
- ‘The U.S. Forest Service’s job of tackling the wildfire crisis just got a lot harder.’
- China is expected to have 45 percent market share of solar panels sold in the U.S. this year .(Behind a paywall.)
Something Is “Dreadfully Wrong” with the Electricity Grid
“The near failure of the Texas power grid, coming just 4 minutes and 37 seconds from a complete collapse on February 14, 2021, was the first alarm bell that something was dreadfully wrong with US power grids,” writes Ed Ireland on Master Resource. Another alarm bell has rung in the form of a new report…
Monday Links: No “Tipping Point” for Climate, Lots of Subsidies, What Role Property Rights?
- U.S. and Canada compete in subsidies! Canada will pay Volkswagen $750 million to help it build a battery factory, plus billions based on future battery production.
- Biden promises $1 billion for international “Green Climate Fund,” plus $500 million to slow deforestation in Brazil (if Congress is willing).
- Gary Galles: Property rights provide profit incentives to reduce environmental costs and damage.
- “There is no tipping point beyond which Mother Earth wrestles control of the whole climate system away from human beings and proceeds to punish us for our sins.”